Saturday, April 29, 2017

What did Donald Trump do today?

He complained on Twitter that the "Mainstream (FAKE) media refuses to state our long list of achievements, including 28 legislative signings, strong borders & great optimism!"

It is, to put it mildly, notremotelytrue that the media has not covered Trump's bill signings, or his farmorenumerous executive orders. Two of the 28 signings renamedVA clinics. Three more were to appoint or reappointmembers to the Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents. One was a waiver that allowed Trump to appoint his own choice for Secretary of Defense. Twelve of the remaining 22 were legislative rollbacks of Obama-era regulations, like the one that had kept government contracts from going to companies that stole wages.

Trump's claim about "great optimism" is another matter. Trump may have been referring to his own feelings, in which case the statement is probably true. Only about a third of Americans (34.7%) agree that the country is on the right track, though.